VLC suddenly stopped working, this is what I get now when I try to run it:
main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
main interface error: option ...

Can't seem to set VLC as the default video player. I have gone to System Settings -> System Info -> Default Applications, and changed "Video" to VLC media player.
However, all movies still open with ...

I don’t use VLC that much to have it there, so I would like to remove it from the sound menu in the top right. I found a small image to show what it looks like (the sound menu is open and shows VLC ...

I'm using VLC. Its great for all media requirements. But I find this behavior annoying. Every time I open a media file, a sepearte VLC window opens up instead of stopping the current playback and play ...

I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Dell Latitude E5530, and I am unable to get hardware accelerated video decoding running in VLC player.
I've ticked the hardware acceleration option in the settings of ...

How to show subtitles under the video in VLC?
I couldn't write in the above thread so I will ask a new question instead.
My goal is the same as the thread above. But the instructions that are given ...

What is the role of dependencies while installing any software?I was installing vlc player and it were closed by giving me error something like check dependency .
What is to solution of this and how ...

While installing VLC media player on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, it states this problem:
This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are
missing or not installable. Furthermore ...

On fresh Ubuntu 14.04 install, with fresh install of vlc, the vlsub extension launch a windows when no file is open. Once i open a movie, the extension doesn't open the vlsub window.
Tried with the ...

For the last few days, my vlc player is not responding at all, when i try to double click any file or even run vlc without any file, it just doesn't open up.
I tried to open it through terminal and ...

I downloaded some videos (both mp4 and avi) and I am unable to play them both in Movie Player and VLC.
In Movie Player, it displays error message saying "Could not determine type of stream".
When I ...

I encounter problems when playing H.264 (not tested with others) encoded videos with VLC or others players (tested MPlayer, Totem not playing the video just the sound). I'm sure it's about driver but ...

Recently VLC has been having issues displaying video in fullscreen mode. AFAIK, nothing has changed with the video card drivers and it's certainly the same version of VLC. (/me shakes a fist at the ...

I want to stream the output of my sound card to my iPod, via http server. The goal is to use my hifi as loud speakers for my computer, using my iPod, wireless.
(NB. I want to stream everything to my ...

I'm looking for a command line program to capture audio from a microphone, save and stream it over a WAN.
arecord test.wav seems to work for recording input, but I cannot figure out how to get it to ...

I try to play the DVD "Toy Story" with VLC player and installed libdvdcss2, but when I attempt to play it, VLC just closes.
I already ran VLC from the console to get more output before it crashes and ...

I found a VLC script called 'Subtitle finder' (here) that downloads and displays video subtitles 'on-the-fly': they are downloaded and displayed during playback, and it works great, but does not saves ...

I've unchecked VLC's option - 'only allow one instance', since it would help simultaneous playbacks. But sometimes it is desirable to just open a new file in the already running one. Is it possible to ...

I'd like to download movie torrents from my Ubuntu server as its download speed is much higher than at home. However, it is pretty pointless if I then have to download the movie from my server to my ...